[Hiring] Site Civil Engineer @AECOM

Role Description

AECOM is hiring for a Civil Site Engineer, Power Delivery with a primary focus on Transmission and Substation projects to support our growing Energy Business Line. For this role, AECOM offers the freedom and flexibility to work remotely and/or be located at a variety of Energy offices located in multiple locations across the United States.

Our team provides a wide range of site civil services across electrical transmission and distribution (OH/UG) power systems, and substations. These services include:

• Grading
• Drainage
• Stormwater management
• SWPP
• Fencing
• SESC
• Site plans
• Geotechnical design

We are looking for an enthusiastic individual to develop within and further the technical skills we bring to our new and existing client base. Qualified candidates will be expected to lead discipline work for projects, perform responsible engineering, and support the project manager on project schedules, budgets, and deliverables in all aspects of site civil work.

The responsibilities of this role also include, but may not be limited to, the following:

• Lead and manage all civil work at substation and transmission line sites, ensuring compliance with approved drawings, specifications and construction schedules.
• Create and supervise earthwork, grading, drainage systems, access roads, cable trenches and foundations (equipment, controls buildings and towers/poles) and to substation and transmission lines.
• Review, interpret and create civil design drawings, technical documents, report discrepancies and provide practical solutions.
• Manage site surveys to include (geotechnical and ground/LIDAR) to assist with determination of transmission line routes and substation layouts.
• Review and approve civil construction methodologies, work plans and method statements submitted by contractors.
• Identify and mitigate site issues such as geotechnical conditions, access and environmental constraints and constructability challenges by providing timely technical support.
• Coordinate closely with electrical, protection, commissioning, planning and project management to resolve interface and constructability issues.
• Interact with customer’s internal engineers and technical experts on a day-to-day basis.
• Develop and maintain professional relationships with clients.
• Provide technical leadership to site civil engineers, inspectors, assign tasks, review work and mentor team members.
• Fully versed with and can check and review the work sequence, general content and the methods used to generate specifications for the calculations as well as the approval, revision, retention and storage of calculations.
• Assist with the developing task and effort estimates for proposal support.
• Support project commissioning and hand over by ensuring that all site civil work is completed safely and to specification.
• Understand and assist with the planning and scheduling of engineering tasks within the site civil discipline.
• Work to maintain positive working relationships with peers.
• Occasional travel required to other AECOM locations and Client sites.
• Able to participate in field walks and create field sketches, take dimensions, climb ladders, etc. as necessary.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and 6 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education.
• Proven experience with site grading, drainage, roads, earthworks, and substation layout development and transmission access/alignment.
• Proficiency in AutoCAD or MicroStation for civil design and detailing.
• Understanding of substation site planning, transmission/substation access requirements, and integration with electrical layouts.

Requirements

• Professional Engineering license (P.E.)
• 10+ years of relevant site civil experience with at least three of those years acting as project technical lead and/or engineer of record.
• Strong knowledge of international civil and design standards (IEC, BS, IEEE, ANSI etc.).
• Experience with construction supervision, site inspection, and commissioning support.
• Knowledge of hydrological analysis tools, stormwater modeling, or civil 3D/BIM software.
• Experience in GIS or AIS substation developments.
• Familiarity with major utility or transmission operator standards.
• Self-motivated.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Success in working with remote teams.
• Experience on full EPC, Design/Build projects from start to finish.
• Owner’s Engineering experience.
• Experience with retrofit or brown field projects.
• Exposure to supporting renewable generation project.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, disability benefits.
• Paid time off, leaves of absences.
• Voluntary benefits, perks, flexible work options.
• Well-being resources, employee assistance program.
• Business travel insurance, service recognition awards.
• Retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase plan.